Having taken a journey through what both Prime Video and Paramount+ have on offer for fans in August 2026 it’s now time for something much more terrifying. Now it’s the time of our favourite horror streamer, Shudder, to tell us what they have in store across the coming month.
August features three major premiere’s kicking off with an exclusive film, Queens of the Dead, on August 7th. That’ll be followed by two new Shudder Original Films, Hellcat on August 14th and Penny Lane is Dead on August 28th. Let’s take a closer look at each of those films first before diving into the library editions for the month…
Hellcat
Shudder Original Film
New Film Premieres Exclusively on Shudder and AMC+ Friday 14 August
Lena wakes in a moving camper trailer with a horrifying wound. She’s warned by the driver that they have one hour to get to a doctor, or she’ll succumb to an unimaginable fate. As the pain sets in and reality begins to fray, who should really be afraid? Starring Dakota Gorman (Natural Disasters).
Penny Lane is Dead
Shudder Original Film
New Film Premieres Exclusively on Shudder and AMC+ Friday 28 August
Set on a hot summer’s night in 1986 Australia, 17-year-old Penny Lane is celebrating getting into college with her longtime girlfriends. After Penny’s jealous and troubled cousin decides a cruel prank is in order, what begins as a thoughtless spiked cupcake game spirals into a night of bloodshed and revenge. Starring Bailey Spalding(Scrublands), Alexandra Jensen (Talk to Me) and Ben O’Toole (Hacksaw Ridge).
Queens of the Dead
Shudder Exclusive Film
New Film Premieres Exclusively on Shudder and AMC+ Friday 7 August
A zombie apocalypse breaks out in Brooklyn on the night of a giant warehouse party, where an eclectic group of drag queens, club kids, and frenemies must put aside their drama and use their unique skills to fight against the brain-thirsty, scrolling undead. Director Tina Romero’s feature debut.
Here’s a look at the new library additions coming in August 2026:
1 August
What Happened to Dorothy Bell?
Ozzie Gray video documents her investigation into the traumatic events from her early childhood, which involve her late grandmother, Dorothy Bell.
Meanwhile on Earth
A 23-year-old girl is contacted by an unknown life form claiming to be able to bring her older brother, who disappeared during a space mission, safely back to Earth.
Deadland (2009)
A man must cross post-World War III terrain and the new martial law to save his missing wife.
3 August
Exorcismo
A young woman participates (unknowingly) in a satanic ceremony and gets possessed by the spirit of her late father.
7 August
Ghost Killer
After being possessed by the ghost of vengeful hit man Kudo, college Fumika Matouka agrees to help him finish his quest for vengeance from beyond the grave.
Frankie Freako
Workaholic yuppie Conor is in an existential rut until one night he catches a bizarre ad for a party hotline hosted by a strange dancing goblin: Frankie Freako. Could this be just the recipe to spice up his boring life?
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